errno 83 (ELIBACC): meaning and diagnosis

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Description: Can't access a needed shared lib.

Could be also:
Constant	Type	OS
ERROR_FAIL_I24	Win32 error	Windows
ELIBEXEC	errno	Linux
EDEVERR	errno	Mac
NO_BOOT_DEVICE	BugCheck Code	Windows

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ELIBACC

Historical a.out static shared-library loading

ELIBACC is not the usual modern ELF runtime-loader message. Solaris marks the errno obsolete and ties it to executing an a.out program that requires a static shared library: the required library either does not exist or the user cannot access it.

The distinction from ELIBBAD is important. ELIBACC concerns finding or accessing the required library; ELIBBAD means the static shared library was found but could not be loaded and was probably corrupted. ELIBEXEC covers trying to execute a shared library itself.

Diagnosis for old binaries and archives

Confirm the executable format and whether the artifact is an old a.out binary before applying this errno description to a modern ELF launch failure.
Inspect the required static shared-library path, existence, and access permissions under the identity performing exec.
For cross-platform log decoders, preserve the Solaris errno namespace because other systems may use the same integer differently.

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